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    • On February 29, 2024, Elon Musk sued OpenAI, its Chief Executive Sam Altman, and its President Greg Brockman. Musk accuses the company of violating its founding agreement by prioritizing profits over AI safety.[1][2][3][4] Musk is a co-founder of OpenAI, which was founded in 2015. He left in 2018 in the aftermath of a power struggle.[5]

    In May 2024, Musk was able to remove the current presiding judge on the case after his lawyers cited California Code of Civil Procedure 170.6, a California state law that allows both plaintiffs and defendants to ask for the removal of a judge that they believe cannot conduct an impartial trial.[6]

    On June 11, 2024, Musk dismissed his lawsuit.[7] In August 2024, Musk revived the lawsuit,[8] later adding Microsoft as a defendant.[9]

    In November 2024, Musk filed a motion for preliminary injunction to block OpenAI from changing from a nonprofit to a for-profit. He believes the conversion violates the terms of his contributions, which total $44 million, to OpenAI from 2016 to 2020.[10] In February 2025, United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said that Musk's claim of irreparable harm was a stretch.[11]

    In April, 2025, twelve former employees of OpenAI stated in an amicus brief that OpenAI had abandoned its nonprofit roots and that Sam Altman "was a person of low integrity who had directly lied to employees about the extent of his knowledge and involvement in OpenAI’s practices of forcing departing employees to sign lifetime non-disparagement agreements." The motion was filed by Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig.[12]

    In April 2025, OpenAI countersued Musk, claiming that his actions were deliberate tactics to slow OpenAI in order to benefit his own interests.[13]

    On May 1, 2025, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers trimmed the lawsuit, excluding claims of false advertising and breach of fiduciary duty, but allowed claims of fraud and unjust enrichment to proceed.[14][15]

    On May 5, 2025, OpenAI announced that it was no longer planning to restructure into a for-profit company separate from its nonprofit board. Later that day, Musk's lawyer Marc Toberoff, announced that the lawsuit against OpenAI would continue.[16]

    References

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    1. ^ Seetharaman, Gareth Vipers, Sam Schechner and Deepa. "Elon Musk Sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, Saying They Abandoned Founding Mission".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
    2. ^ Satariano, Adam; Metz, Cade; Mickle, Tripp (March 1, 2024). "Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Violating the Company's Principles". The New York Times.
    3. ^ Knight, Will. "The Wild Claim at the Heart of Elon Musk's OpenAI Lawsuit". Wired.
    4. ^ "Elon Musk Is Right About OpenAI's Hypocrisy". Bloomberg. March 1, 2024 – via bloomberg.com.
    5. ^ Dawsey, Keach Hagey, Berber Jin, Dana Mattioli and Josh. "The Inside Story of How Altman and Musk Went From Friends to Bitter Enemies". WSJ.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
    6. ^ Robins-Early, Nick (May 8, 2024). "Elon Musk's lawyers succeed in challenge to remove OpenAI case judge". The Guardian.
    7. ^ "Elon Musk Chooses to Abandon Suit Against OpenAI, Sam Altman (1)".
    8. ^ Metz, Cade (August 5, 2024). "Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
    9. ^ "Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI". BBC. 15 November 2024.
    10. ^ "Elon Musk asks court to block OpenAI conversion from nonprofit to for-profit". 2 December 2024.
    11. ^ "OpenAI feud between Elon Musk, Sam Altman faces federal judge". NBC News.
    12. ^ Goldman, Sharon. "12 former OpenAI employees asked to be heard in Elon Musk's lawsuit against the company; one calls Sam Altman a 'person of low integrity'". Fortune.
    13. ^ "OpenAI sues Elon Musk claiming 'bad-faith tactics'". www.bbc.com. April 11, 2025.
    14. ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/openai-can-t-fend-off-musk-s-fraud-claims-in-restructuring-suit
    15. ^ https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/openai-cant-fend-off-musks-fraud-claims-in-restructuring-suit
    16. ^ https://www.reuters.com/business/elon-musk-keep-lawsuit-against-openai-despite-nonprofit-control-statement-lawyer-2025-05-06/

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